alfred gave us a play that serves... i don't know how to say it without sounding like i'm demeaning, i'm reducing it. lean and sinew. not lean and... in its essence but it's muscular. there's no fat on it. so whatever word he gives you, if it's a casual sound the character makes yasum. that's very... you've got to grab ahold of that. the actor has to take what he gives you and try to make as clear as you can what that mean >> rose: you sense the same preciseness, vanessa? >> yes, i do. i guess very much specific to alfred of thinking other plays or playwrights. it's... with a really... and i do think this is a great play i do. and comparison is odious but it is greatly written and with a greatly written play you discover continually how within the apparent simplicity which i love about our production actually, with apparent simplicity, mus scholar is a good word. straightforwardness, there's a whole different perspective saying "have you thought of this? have you thought of that? why does he say that?" all the questions